Here’s the recruiter note for C2, same format as C1’s:
C2 — screening recommendation: proceed to interview at Consultant (medium) level
C2 brings 7 years across project and product management with genuine digital-transformation substance: requirements definition as product owner/BA on CRM systems, AI-based feature delivery, and AI governance change management — the latter a differentiator few candidates in this pipeline will have. Roughly five years in an energy utility is a real sector signal, though on B2C products, not grid or EPC. Lean process work exists but at back-office scope and without quantified results.
The profile aligns with Consultant, not Senior: no consultancy background, no evidence of steering external consultants or VP-level stakeholder ownership, and facilitation evidenced only as scrum ceremonies and stakeholder reviews. Current line management of a 15-person team should not be read as consulting seniority — running a development team is a different skill than owning a workstream in a matrix program. If C2 applied Senior, evidence points a level down; please confirm the level applied for.
Items to resolve: the claim to have “led the end-to-end product development” of a flagship product launch while holding a Project Manager title — ownership vs coordination needs probing; overlapping employment dates (2018–22 role against a 2020–21 role); an unexplained 2024–25 seam; and a skills section polished well beyond the experience bullets — verify depth with specifics.
Interview questions:
Ownership vs coordination:
- The flagship product launch: what did you own that would have failed without you — decisions, not activities?
- Who set the product strategy, and what happened when you disagreed with it?
- The AI governance work: what did you change, and who had to approve it?
Process expertise:
- The lean back-office work: pick one process — what did it look like before and after, and what did it save? Why no numbers on the CV?
- The CRM work as PO/BA: how did you get from a process pain point to system requirements? Walk me through the chain.
Seniority calibration:
- Largest stakeholder you’ve had to move without authority over them — how?
- Ever steered an external consultant or vendor delivering design work? What did you push back on?
- The dates: the 2018–22 role overlaps the 2020–21 role — untangle that. And what happened 2024–25?
Fit signals:
- At the utility: any exposure to grid, generation, or industrial operations beyond B2C products?
- The roles are factory-facing with meaningful travel — realistic for you?
One calibration note before you send: this is a cleaner recommendation than C1’s — the profile match is real at medium level and the flags are probe-able rather than credibility-breaking. If the recruiter asks which to prioritize when scheduling, C2 first. Worth also stating explicitly which team: the evidence supports Process & Digital Transformation; Strategic Projects remains a stretch for the same reason as C1 — no factory operations, no quantified cost reduction.